Cuspidor.



GEZA LENGYEL, OF LEDFORD, ILLINOIS.

GUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23,1912.

Application filed May 5, 1911. Serial No. 625,131.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEZA LENGYEL, a subect of the King of Hungary,residing at Ledford, in the county of Saline and State of Illinios, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawin.

This invention relates to cuspidors, and the objects of my inventionare, first, to furnish a cuspidor with a check valve that will quicklyclose the mouth piece of the cuspidor when the same is upset or tilted;second, to provide a cuspidor that can be easily cleaned and maintainedin a sanitary condition; third, to provide a check valve for cuspidorsthat is positive in its action and free from injury by ordinary use,andfourth, to provide a cuspidor that is simple in construction, durableand highly eflicient for the purposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure l is a verticalsectional View of the cuspidor in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2is a bottom plan of the mouth piece of the cuspidor, Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view of the cuspidor, and Fig. 1 is a bottom planof the cuspidor.

A cuspidor in accordance with this invention comprises a cylindricalshell 1 having the upper edges thereof exteriorly screw threaded, as at2 to receive the depending interiorly screw threaded flange 3 of afunnel-shaped mouth piece 1, said mouth piece having a central opening5. Rivet-ed or otherwise connected to the mouth piece 1, as at 6 is anannular holder 7 having an offset portion 8 for the edge of an annularresilient gasket 9, preferably made of rubber. The gasket 9 has theopening thereof in vertical alinement with the opening-5 and said gasketprovides a seat for a valve, as will be hereinafter described.

Riveted or otherwise connected to the shell 1, as at 10 is a dependingannular flange 11 of a bottom plate 12 and this bottom plate has asegment-shaped depending enlargement 13 serving functionally as aweight, for a purpose that will presently appear. The bottom plate 12hasa central opening 14 and surrounding said opening to the gasket 9.

is a tubular post 15 extending in proximity Slidably mounted in the post15 is a depending sleeve 16 of an inverted cup-shaped valve 17 adaptedto engage and seat upon the gasket 9. The valve 17 has a centraldepending lug 18 and connected to this lug is a depending rod 19extending into the post 15. Loosely connected to the lower end of therod 19 is one end of a link 20 and the opposite end of said link isloosely connected, as at 21 to the short arm 22 of a lever 23. The lever23 is fulcrumed by a pin 24: between depending bearings 25, carried bythe bottom plate 12, adjacent to the enlargement or weight 13. The

free end of the lever 23 is contiguous to the depending flange 11 of thebottom plate 12, and the lower edge of said lever is adapted to normallyrest upon the floor or the support of the cuspidor. The lever 23 isretained in engagement with the floor or support of the cuspidor by theweight of the cuspidor and this lever retains the valve 17 in a loweredposition whereby spittal or other matter can enter the cuspidor. Shouldthe cuspidor be tilted or upset, a coiled compression spring 25interposed between the valve 17 and the bottom plate 12 will immediatelyclose said valve. The compression spring 26 encircles the rod 19 and hasthe upper convolution thereof engaging the underside of the valve 17,While the lower convolution rests upon the bottom plate 12 and surroundsthe upper end of the link 20. The sleeve 16 prevents the matter withinthe cuspidor from entering the post 15, and when the valve 17 is closedthe cuspidor is positively seated.

It is through the medium of the detachable mouth piece 4; that theinterior of the cuspidor can be easily cleaned and maintained in asanitary condition, and it is through the medium of the weighted side ofthe cuspidor that the lever 23 is retained upon the floor and the spring26 under tension.

What I claim is A cuspidor comprising a receptacle provided with a mouthpiece, the bottom of the receptacle arranged above the lower end thereofand having a centrally disposed opening, a tubular post integral withthe upper face of said bottom and surrounding said opening, a dependingbearing carried by the lower face of said bottom, a lever pivoted insaid bearing at a point between its center and its inner end, a linkextending I link and a coiled spring interposed between 10 through saidopening and having its lower the valve and said bottom and arranged inend pivoted to the inner end of the lever, a the post and sleeve.

sleeve extending into and projecting above In testimony whereof I affixmy signasaid post, a valve carried by the projecting ture in thepresence of two Witnesses.

end off-the sleeve and adapted to close the GEZA LENGYEL. mouth piecewhen the receptacle is tilted or Witnesses: upset, a rod connected tothe valve and piv- EDWARD PRIOR,

otally connected to the upper end of the THoM JUDGE.

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